Cotton Broker Cancels: Cox and Callender of New York

from Cotton Facts by Alfred B. Shepperson, 1901

COX & CALLENDER

DEC

5

1898

NEW YORK.

Cotton Broker Cancels: Baily & Montgomery of New York

 

from Cotton Facts by Alfred B. Shepperson, 1901

Baily & Montgomery

???

New York

Cotton Broker Cancels: S. Munn, Son & Company of New York

 

S. MUNN SON & CO.

MAY 14 1900

56 BEAVER ST. N. Y.

From New York State's Prominent and Progressive Men; 1900 by Mitchell Charles Harrison:

S. Munn, Son used direct mail marketing:

Cotton Broker Cancels: Louis De Gumoens & Son of New York

L. DE GUMOENS & SON

AUG

21

1900

NEW YORK

from Commerce & Finance, January 6. 1915

L. DE GUMOENS & SON

MAR

18

189?

NEW YORK

L. DE. GUMOENS & SON

JUN

13

1900

NEW YORK

Cotton Broker Cancels: W. A. Short of Helena, Arkansas

 

    W. A. Short & Co.

OCT 10 1900

HELENA, ARK.

from the website of The Edwardian Inn in Helena, Arkansas.  The Edwardian Inn is the former home of William A. Short:

In 1885 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Short came to Helena from Mobile, Alabama.

Mr. Short had been engaged by the Howell Cotton Company of Little Rock, Arkansas to conduct a branch of their business in this city.  In 1888, W. A. Short started his own cotton business and two years later changed the firm's name to W. A. Short and Company.  In 1895, W. A. Short and Y. F. Harrington formed a business in cotton second to none in this part of the country.  Their business totaled over $5 million for the season of 1902-03.  W. A. Short and Company invaded other markets, establishing branch offices in Pine Bluff, Brinkley, Newport, Cotton Plant, Clarendon, Forrest City, Holly Grove, Marianna, Memphis, and Osceola.  A newspaper from 1904 printed the following: "W. A. Short and Y. F. Harrington have a genius for organization and are men of ability, industry, and wide capacity.  In fact, they are among the leading business spirits of Helena, Arkansas."

Cotton Broker Cancels: H. & B. Beer of New Orleans

H. & B. BEER

DEC 11 1900

NEW ORLEANS

from Commerce & Finance, January 6, 1915

R155 & Tobacco Company Cancels: N. R. Bowman & Company of Lynchburg, Virginia

N. R. BOWMAN

JUL 23 1898

& COMPANY

As of 2024, N. R. Bowman & Company does not have much of a trail on the internet, especially regarding the business of the firm and any sort of collateral material that might accompany this post.  However, the company is reported to have experienced prosperity in the tobacco business, and Mr. Bowman himself was president of the Lynchburg City Council and on the board of a leading town bank. 

R155 & Pharmaceutical Company Cancels: Gilpin, Langdon & Company

GILPIN, LANGDON & CO.

DEC

16

1898

BALTIMORE.

from The College of Pharmacy Catalog, 1891

R155 & Industrial Company Cancels: Standard Paint Company of New York

THE STANDARD PAINT CO

JUL

18

1898

N. Y.

 

from The Official Railway Equipment Guide, June 1893

R163 Bisects Certified

Back in April of this year I put up a post featuring eight H. D. Eichelberger & Company R163 bisects.  More recently a few of the bisects were submitted to the Philatelic Foundation for certification and they came back as genuine.  

In the upcoming 4th quarter edition of The American Revenuer, the bisects will feature in an article arguing that the Scott US Specialized Catalog should list these rare uses.  I'll put up the article on this site once the journal comes out.

For now, here is an example of one of the certs:

Philadelphia Stock Brokers: Norman MacLeod & Company

N. MacL. & CO.

MAY 7- 1902

Philadelphia.

from Moses King's Philadelphia and Notable Philadelphians, 1902

MacLeod & Co. also traded at the NYSE starting in 1901 through their seated broker Robert E. Bowen.

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Baltimore Stock Brokers: S. Sterrett McKim

 

S. McKIM & CO.

DEC

14

1899

BALTO. MD.

S. Sterrett McKim also held a seat on the New York Stock Exchange through 1900.

I haven't found much collateral material from Mr. McKim save for a society page notice showing the triumph of hope over fact in his life.

from The Alexandria Gazette, July 5, 1904:

Baltimore Stock Brokers: Carroll, Elder & Company

CARROLL, ELDER & CO.

MAR

3

1900

BALTIMORE

from United States Investor, October 13, 1900

Baltimore Stock Brokers: H. A. Orrick

H. A. Orrick.

JUN -7 1899

H. A. Orrick.

OCT -3 1899

Most of the trading at the Baltimore exchange was in local stocks, particularly utilities, and in much smaller values per trade than the NYSE.  Consequently, the the lower value battleship stamps are a good place to look for Baltimore broker cancels.

Baltimore-based stock broker H. A. Orrick was the Vice President of the Baltimore Stock Exchange when these stamps were canceled.  In 1903, Orrick was elected to succed the recently deceased Derrick Fahnestock as president of the exchange, a role he held until 1918.

Baltimore Stock Brokers: Towards a Comprehensive List for the 1898 Tax Period

Another broker list!  This time for the Baltimore Stock Exchange, which had a much smaller contingent of brokers relative to the New York and Chicago exchanges, but still provided for stock trades, and consequently, collectible cancels.  The Baltimore cancels prove to be much scarcer than NYSE cancels, but can be found with patience and persistence.  

I've only found a handfull of these cancels that I've been able to identify for certain, but expect more will turn up as I focus on the names and initials in the list.  Like the other exchanges, a comprehensive list will require finding all the lists of members from 1898 to 1902.  For now, the 1901 membership is shown below.  If a collector can find cancels representative of all the firms and individuals listed below that would be a remarkable collection!

From the 1901 Moody's Manual of Corporation Securities:

Daniel Klock, Jr. & Company of Troy, New York, India Rubber Goods Merchants

from Minutes of the Troy Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1894

D. Klock & Jr. & Co.

JUN

18

1899

Troy, N. Y.

Ralli Brothers of the British Raj

Ralli Brothers branded wrapper

 

RALLI BROS

MAR.

28

1900

Take a few minutes and go down this historical rabbit hole.  Ralli Brothers were expatriate Greek businessmen that had significant operations in England and eventually India.  By the early 1900s they evidently had business with American interests.  I suspect it likely that this stamp came from a bill of exchange, likely pounds for dollars or vice-versa.

Industrial Company Cancels: E. P. Reed & Company, Shoe Manufacturers of Rochester, New York

from the Souvenir Program  of the 5th Annual Convention of the NYS Federation of Labor, August, 1918

E. P. Reed & Co.

AUG 6 1898

Rochester, N. Y.

Industrial Company Cancels: Fox, Fultz & Company

 

FOX, FULTZ & CO.

APR

9

1901

Boston, Mass.

Fox, Fultz were purveyors of all kinds of glass and labware, in particular for pharmacists and drug makers.

Anheuser Busch and the St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company

Anheuser-Busch is arguably America's greatest brewer, despite the recent dust-up over Bud Light.  

Anheuser Busch, B. A.

FEB

27

1902

ST. LOUIS, MO.

Circular (or is it a pie- or bottle cap-shaped) date stamp

The St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company was a part of the Anheuser-Busch and Budweiser empire.

Adolphus Busch was the first American brewer to use pasteurization to keep beer fresh; the first to use mechanical refrigeration and refrigerated railroad cars, which he introduced in 1876; and the first to bottle beer extensively. By 1877, the company owned a fleet of 40 refrigerated railroad cars to transport beer. Expanding the company's distribution range led to increased demand for Anheuser products, and the company substantially expanded its facilities in St. Louis during the 1870s. The expansions led production to increase from 31,500 barrels in 1875 to more than 200,000 in 1881.To streamline the company's refrigerator car operations and achieve vertical integration, Busch established the St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company in 1878, which was charged with building, selling, and leasing refrigerator cars; by 1883, the company owned 200 cars, and by 1888 it owned 850.  

Philadelphia Stock Brokers: Drexel & Company

DREXEL & CO.

APR - 1899

PHILADELPHIA

Poor's Manual, 1886